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By Serge Lariviére This is a portion of Serge Lariviére’s story “Secrets of Otter Longliners,” which appeared in the October 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. Otter trapping is not really about sets. It is all about locations. Otters are one species … [Read More]

The duo sets traps for muskrats, beavers, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, mink and otters My name is Hunter Kalter. I am 13 years old, and this is my third year of trapping. My grandpa and I managed to catch a … [Read More]

With otters thought to be completely gone from Indiana by 1942, the state began a reintroduction program in 1995. The program has been a great success. “The population has grown so much, in fact, that some private pond owners have … [Read More]

An otter trapping season opened this week in Illinois. It’s the first otter season in the state since 1929. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources released 346 otters in the state in 1994, when the population was estimated at less than 100. … [Read More]

An otter attack in Minnesota earlier this week is even more unusual than the strange raccoon attack in Washington last week. A triathlete was swimming across a lake when the otter started biting her. Kelly Smith, of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, provides … [Read More]

Fur Harvesters Auction held their first auction of the season this past weekend, and the results are very encouraging for furtakers. A news release from FHA calls the sale “one of the most successful January auctions in our company`s history.” … [Read More]